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US Senate passes proposal which could paralyze wind industry

The provision in the US Senate's proposal for an extensive tax reform, which has incited fear and uncertainty throughout the wind industry, was included in the passed wording of the legislative proposal.

Bob Corker was the only Republican senator who voted against the tax reform, which was barely passed.
Photo: ritzau/AP/J. Scott Applewhite

A crack was discovered on the Forties Pipeline System in Scotland, while an explosion cost one fatality and injured at least 18 people at a gas plant in Austria. Repairs and concerns about dangerous incidents will only become more common in Europe's oil and gas infrastructure.